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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1935
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star is edited by H. F. Byrd Jr and published daily except Sundays by The Evening Star Publishing Co of Winchester Virginia with postal service entry as a second class matter.
A devotional excerpt cites Ephesians 4 31 32 urging put away bitterness wrath anger and clamor and evil speaking and to be kind tenderhearted and forgiving one another for Christ sake.
Fairfax announces Randolph Leigh as a candidate for the Democratic Senate nomination against Senator Carter Glass. The piece notes Leigh’s bold move, predicts a sweeping Glass victory, and mocks Leigh while praising Glass’s debate record and sarcasm in response.
No surprise at Mussolini s firm stand against the Franco British offer. Laval and Eden see little chance of a satisfactory conclusion as Mussolini s demands aim at making Ethopia effectively an Italian province. War avoidance hinges on his willingness to compromise, which seems unlikely.
The Roanoke World News notes that despite a constitutional provision the Senate has become the real taxing and tariff authority. House bills are rushed with little debate and often altered by the Senate, leading to tax measures that originated in the Senate rather than the House.
A historical overview traces Senate influence over major revenue laws from the 1870s to 1930, detailing tax shifts, gas and electric levies, and tariff acts. It notes Senate amendments to Payne Aldrich, Fordney McCumber and Hawley Smoot, and questions revenue bills’ constitutional origin in the more popular House.
A dispatch from Melbourne discusses the push for an exact national trade balance with each country. Australia enjoys a favorable balance with Japan, while US Australia trade shows a heavy Australian deficit, sparking unrest and a mission to increase Australian goods sales in America.
The article argues that bilateral trade balances are impractical as nations buy goods from the cheapest source rather than to show goodwill or hostility. It notes the United States imports far more from British Malaya for rubber and suggests trade balances would shrink world commerce, urging acceptance of triangular exchange to adjust flows.
Senator Huey Long declared to New York reporters his plan to oppose Senate Majority Leader Joseph Robinson of Arkansas and Finance Committee Chairman Huey Harrison of Mississippi in next year’s reelection. Long warned voters in Arkansas and Mississippi would face his challenge if he targets incumbents, inviting a test of strength in their home states.
Vanity Fair may publish more cartoons mocking Japan's emperor but readers fear harm to relations and accuse repetition of bad taste. The piece notes possible Japanese censorship and urges restraint to avoid playing into rulers' hands while condemning imitators.
Miss Helen Ritter and Stuart Garner Edmonds wed at Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South with family and friends attending. The ceremony marked a notable community event in the local clergy and parish circle.
Five years ago Front Royal advanced an 8 inch pipeline project and a large capacity pump to boost water supply. Rev. Dr. John Gibson Revely, Capon Bridge pastor, dies in Memorial Hospital. Van Lear Black, Baltimore Sun publisher, believed lost at sea near New Jersey coast. County officials and Chamber urge landowners to donate strips along Valley Pike for widening. The Little Theatre opens season with Sir James Barrie play The Twelve Pound Look.
Ten years ago T. B. Patton was elected to fill an expired Common Council term after Robert F. Brill resigned. The piece notes Winchester’s severe water shortage and a deadly incident where steam over excursions caused 32 deaths on Narragansett Bay. It also mentions a Democratic mass meeting scheduled for August 27 and two marriage notices, Lucy Willis White to Frank Newcomer Hack and Maynard Bayliss to Anna J. Carper.
Mrs John Williams 85 of the Gano family arrives on a visit from Zanesville Ohio. Robert Henry Renshaw 77 buried at Old Chapel Cemetery Clarke County. Berryville ordinance sets 8 mile per hour automobile speed limit to stop speeding.
A Jersey man jailed after barricading his road to protest a $450 highway improvement charge by renting in front of his home. In Wilkes-Barre a hotel manager reports damages from a State American Legion Convention with a broken window and torn pillow slips landing on a trolley pole. Henry Volkers recalls a grammar school game as workers tear down a pole and he claims lifelong patience as a fielder.
Justice of the peace Harry Westfall presided in Phoenix as a groom, described as a strapping negro, paid the fee with a silver dollar and two pennies. The question about the pennies elicited the joke that they represent Governor Moeur's luxury tax.
Coeur dAlene Idaho. H H Campbell principal says he dug up a 22 inch angleworm in his garden. Friends confirm Campbell not exaggerating the claim and stand by the tall tale.
In San Jose California, a 25 year milestone recalls Harry Johnson, now a local lumberman, who once hit a big ball during a notable game. The reminiscence highlights his enduring connection to the sport and community memories.
In Bertrand Nebraska a bullsnake reportedly swallowed a hen and then tried to grab another nest before being coaxed away. Andrew Olson corroborates the tale saying he found the snake, dissected it, and rescued the eggs.
The Doniphan Herald announces a rain week urging residents to wash cars plan picnics wear best clothes and keep outdoors habits intact. It humorously suggests leaving washing and baby outside at night airing bedding curtains carpets and advises farmers to cut and stack hay uncovered.
Washington World columns examine political fights over Howard C. Hopson and the death sentence holding companies clause. Competing investigations by Black and O Connor are discussed amid lobbying accusations and partisan aims.
The two lawmakers Black and O'Connor pursued prominence independently. Black secured early breaks as testimony highlighted Basil O'Connor, brother of the rival chairman, receiving substantial legal fees from Associated Gas & Electric. Basil O'Connor, once president Roosevelt’s partner, was noted but not stressed.
Questions on a school topic cover word play and ancient peoples. A spoonerism defines an accidental syllable swap, Neanderthal Men are Europe’s early cave dwellers from 30 000 to 60 000 years ago, and the President’s yacht is named the Mayflower.
Winchester Laboratory records show present and past rainfall with total annual average 34.61 inches. Monthly averages are January 2.35, February 1.94, March 2.81, April 3.16, May 3.88, June 3.60, July 32.39, August 3.35, September 2.43, October 2.90, November 2.51, December 2.30 inches.
Janet Lord takes a companion job at Miss Boisevain’s eerie estate where a silent servant Nita and a dog respond to a whistle. Blair Rodman, stranded nearby, suspects secrets in the stormbound house as Janet discovers a note and a chilling crystal ring reveals a hidden face.
The Ausable Chasm lies in northeastern New York between the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain. It features Potsdam sandstone walls cut by faults and a zigzag river channel about two miles long and up to 175 feet wide, with the name pronounced Awe-sable and Kasm.
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